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Why does Odysee have 836 advertising partners? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 months ago by fernlike3923@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I switched over since I heard it was more privacy friendly than YouTube and have been using the platform for a while without issues, but this cookie banner just popped up. You can opt-out of things like "Access precise geolocation data" but a lot of other information is still shared by third parties and not opt-outable.

It seems "Reject All" is the correct choice here, but I'm not sure if it is the best choice for browser users who have to constantly log back into their accounts.

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[–] fernlike3923@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 months ago (3 children)

It seems like I will start using a YouTube frontend. It's really sad that Google doesn't have any competitors in this area.

[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 15 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Wait I thought you wanted to make videos. If not then there are various YouTube frontends with various levels of privacy. I use Piped/LibreTube but it's probably the least convenient one out there. You can just use a VPN tbh.

[–] Damage@feddit.it 13 points 3 months ago

YouTube was Google's competitor, or rather the other way around. Then Google bought them. I can imagine they'd do that to others if they could.

[–] Napain@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

i use freetube for desktop and newpipe for android and i couldnt be happier

[–] drasglaf@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

FreeTube and LibRedirect, a match made in heaven.